One of the Senate’s biggest fights is happening right now, but it is not getting much attention.

President Donald Trump still has around 100 nominees on the Senate executive calendar who have yet to be confirmed, and Democrats are pulling all stops to delay the process.

To be sure, Republican senators under Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., are keeping a good pace, with 68 civilian nominees confirmed so far. That’s compared to 59 under President Joe Biden at the same point in his term, and 48 at this point in Trump’s first term.

But this has been accomplished in spite of fierce resistance from Democrats that has little precedent.

So far, Democrats have not allowed a single unanimous consent or voice vote for civilian nominees, a procedural tactic to slow down the confirmation process.

In mid-May, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., publicly........

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